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7:20 PM ET, October 4, 2017

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NBC News:
Tillerson's Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.
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John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Today Tillerson Tried To Kill The “Rexit” Rumors Once And For All  —  The secretary of state disputed a report that he called Trump a “moron” and told reporters he's not leaving Foggy Bottom anytime soon.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Furious Republicans are working hard to make Trump's Russia scandal disappear  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a news conference on Wednesday afternoon to provide a “progress report” on its investigation into Russian sabotage …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Sen. Bob Corker's extraordinarily dim portrayal of the Trump administration
Nik Steinberg / Politico:
Rex Tillerson Is Running the State Department Into the Ground
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Towleroad and IJR
ProPublica:
Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud  —  New York prosecutors were preparing a case.  Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz.  —  In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump's two eldest children …
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Brian Ross / ABC News:
Portrait emerging of Las Vegas shooter as man ‘descending into madness’  —  In the months before his deadly rampage, 64-year old Stephen Paddock was a man “descending into madness,” according to a person briefed on new findings in the investigation.  —  New details are emerging …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Returns to the Script in Las Vegas
Discussion: IJR
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
If Only Stephen Paddock Were a Muslim
Stephen L. Miller / Fox News:
The media doesn't understand guns — and doesn't want to
New York Times:
Meticulous Planning by Las Vegas Gunman Before He Opened Fire
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CNN:
Republicans signal some openness to new gun legislation on ‘bump stocks’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)In a departure from years of opposition to new gun control measures, some congressional Republicans started to show cautious interest Wednesday in legislation that would restrict devices …
Discussion: WTVR-TV and WREG-TV
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Key GOP senators open to ‘bump stock’ ban
Discussion: ABC News, Vox and Political Wire
Alexander Bisley / Vox:
Former Australian leader on passing gun control: “The results speak for themselves.”
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
‘Trump dossier’ on Russia links now part of special counsel's probe: sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy's dossier of allegations of Russian financial …
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Ali Breland / The Hill:   Facebook, Twitter will testify at Senate hearing
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
‘Issue of collusion’ with Russia still open, Senate intel chief says
Discussion: Politico, RedState, Axios and The Week
Associated Press:
AP-NORC Poll: Low marks for Trump's Puerto Rico response  —  Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the Puerto Rico hurricane relief effort.  —  According to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research …
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Colin Wilhelm / Politico:
White House walks back Trump's Puerto Rico comments as Wall Street reels
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Suggests Puerto Rico's Debt May Need to Be ‘Wiped Out’
Justin Glawe / The Daily Beast:
Unarmed Security Guard Took On Las Vegas Killer Stephen Paddock … LAS VEGAS — Jesus Campos had no firearm when he found Stephen Paddock and approached his room on the 32rd floor of Mandalay Bay on Sunday night.  —  Paddock, who had rigged cameras in the hallway and on the peephole of the door …
Discussion: IJR
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Associated Press:
FBI questions Marilou Danley, girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter, in search for answers
Discussion: bet.com and The Root
Paul Harasim / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety drug in June
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Black Lives Matter Students Shut Down the ACLU's Campus Free Speech Event Because ‘Liberalism Is White Supremacy’  —  Students affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement crashed an event at the College of William & Mary, rushed the stage, and prevented the invited guest …
Discussion: Power Line
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Francesca Truitt / Flat Hat News:
Black Lives Matter protests American Civil Liberties Union
Discussion: Power Line, IJR and The Daily Caller
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Judge blocks Texas from turning over voter information to White House  —  A Texas civil judge has temporarily blocked the state from turning over voter information to the White House's election integrity commission out of fears that the data won't be adequately protected.
Discussion: IJR
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:   Donald Trump's Voter Fraud Commission Just Suffered a Court Defeat
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
Fighting The Battle for Truth To A Draw  —  There is something uniquely obscene about President Donald Trump's character—evinced in his ignorance, abusiveness, lust for dominance, and magnetic effect on other sleazy individuals—that leaves his opponents in a constant struggle to recall …
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Dylan Scott / Vox:
What the Senate Republican budget actually means for health care
Discussion: HuffPost, Politico and Roll Call
CBS Pittsburgh:
Pro-Life Rep. Tim Murphy Will Not Seek Re-Election After Reports Of Urging Abortion  —  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Congressman Tim Murphy, of Upper St. Clair, has reached a decision about his political future.  —  In a statement to KDKA's Jon Delano, the embattled pro-life Republican says he won't seek re-election.
Washington Post:
A tale of two Puerto Ricos: What Trump saw — and what he didn't  —  CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — The Puerto Rico that President Trump saw during his four-hour visit on Tuesday afternoon was that of Angel Pérez Otero, the mayor of Guaynabo, a wealthy San Juan suburb known …
Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian:
Santa Claus's tomb may have been uncovered beneath Turkish church  —  Archaeologists say they have found almost fully intact temple and burial grounds of Saint Nicholas in Antalya  —  Turkish archaeologists have dashed the hopes of millions of children by claiming to have uncovered the likely burial place of Saint Nicholas.
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Week
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Josie Ensor / Telegraph:
Archaeologists in Turkey believe they have discovered Santa Claus's tomb
Discussion: AOL and Daily Wire
CNN:
Roy Moore's Facebook page shared inflammatory memes, article praising Russia's anti-gay laws  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — “Want to stop riots?  Play the National Anthem.  They'll all sit down,” a meme shared on Moore's Facebook page read.  — Moore's page also shared an article with the headline …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Statesman Journal:
Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued two new subpoena in the investigation into President Trump's campaign ties to Russia.  Nathan Rousseau Smith (@FantasticMrNate) reports.  Buzz60  —  CONNECT
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
Liz Moyer / CNBC:
Someone dressed like the Monopoly guy is photobombing the Senate's Equifax hearing  — A person dressed in a black top hat and bushy white mustache, occasionally putting a monocle on, sat in the audience of the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Equifax data breach.  —  The Monopoly guy has gone to Washington.
 
 
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BBC:
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jared Kushner fined again for late ethics form, Ivanka Trump fined too
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